Definition of Bessemer, Sir Henry in English:
Bessemer, Sir Henry
proper nounˈbɛsəməˈbɛsəmər
(1813–98), English engineer and inventor. By 1860 he had developed the Bessemer process, the first successful method of making steel in quantity at low cost.
Definition of Bessemer, Sir Henry in US English:
Bessemer, Sir Henry
proper nounˈbɛsəmərˈbesəmər
(1813–98), English engineer and inventor. By 1860 he had developed the Bessemer process, the first successful method of making steel in quantity at low cost.